Asus Z97-K R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	111% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus Z97-K R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150408
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '20 at 10:31
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74% Very good	Memory 93.7 1-Core 95.4 2-Core 186 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 311 8-Core 343 43% 327 Pts	64-Core 369 23% 369 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% EVGA(3842 6160) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Lighting 70 Reflection 67.3 Parallax 59.6 57% 65.6 fps	MRender 71.4 Gravity 64.3 Splatting 66 55% 67.2 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZNLN256HAJQ-000H1 256GB 4,927 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: MVT23H3Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 294 303 303 296 273 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 453 Write 404 Mixed 387 SusWrite 288 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 96.8 4K Mixed 57.9 189% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 113%
Toshiba MQ01ACF050 500GB-$150 24,380 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 384GB free Firmware: AV001D SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 121 123 123 123 123 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Read 123 Write 119 Mixed 49.7 SusWrite 122 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 69%
Samsung HN-M101MBB 1TB-$45 3,466 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 874GB free Firmware: 2AR10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 101 102 101 102 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 102 Write 95.3 Mixed 53.6 SusWrite 100 64% 88 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 59%
WD My Passport 0741 2TB 1,643 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1TB free, PID 0741 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 93 95 93 93 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	36.3% Below average	Read 77.7 Write 77.3 Mixed 49.2 SusWrite 93.2 101% 74.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 44%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 244GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 55 57 55 56 56 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	27.8% Poor	Read 68.8 Write 65.4 Mixed 45.9 SusWrite 55.7 79% 59 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 87% 1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3-1600 CL9 4GB 2x4GB 804 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 17.6 56% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 16.5 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Workstation 10%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-K R2.0

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	100x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	48x
Core i5-4690Intel $52Bench 67%, 73,695 samples	22x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	19x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	18x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	12x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	15x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	8x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	6x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	12x
M378B1G73DB0-CK0 4x8GBSamsungBench 60%, 1,248 samples	9x
M378B5173DB0-CK0 M378B1G73DB0-CK0 12GBSamsungBench 40%, 763 samples	7x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $406

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16